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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 043

A Dinner for the Missing

Hard
7 × 7 · 20–30 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Hollow Oak Boarding House · A care-home clerk was killed before a meal audit. Daily photographs showed a full place setting for a resident whom neighbours said had moved away weeks before.

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1.7Shell Mosaic
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3.2Service Door ××
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3.6Records Desk ××
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4.1Shell Rug
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5.3Inlaid Mosaic ××
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6.6Potted Fern ××
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7.4Woven Rug
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02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

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Ren I was north of Ivo.

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Ivo I was north of Tess.

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Noor · VICTIM I was north of Tess; I was east of Mara; I was west of Vale.

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Tess Only Noor shared my room; I was west of Mara.

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Mara I was north of Elian.

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Elian I was north of Vale.

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Vale There was nobody else in my room; I was in the same row as the Woven Rug; I was in the same column as the Woven Rug.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 043 · 01 / 01